Includes bibliographical references (pages 684-690) and index.

G: Garfield, James A -- Garner, John Nance -- Gerry, Elbridge -- Goldwater, Barry M -- Gore, Albert Jr -- Grant, Ulysses S -- Great Depression -- Great Society -- Group of Eight (G-8)/Group of Twenty (G-20) -- Guantanamo Bay -- H: -- Hail to the Chief -- Hamdan v Rumsfeld -- Hamilton, Alexander -- Hamlin, Hannibal -- Harding, Warren G -- Harrison, Benjamin -- Harrison, William Henry -- Hayes, Rutherford B -- Health and Human Services Department -- Hendricks, Thomas A -- Historic milestones of the presidency -- Hobart, Garret A -- Homeland Security Department -- Honeymoon period -- Hoover, Herbert C -- Hoover Commissions -- Housing and Urban Development Department -- Hughes, Charles Evans -- Humphrey, Hubert H -- Humphrey's Executor v United States -- Hurricane Katrina -- I: -- Immigration and Naturalization Service v Chadha -- Impeachment -- Impoundment -- Inauguration -- Independent Executive agencies -- Independent regulatory agencies -- Interest groups and the presidency -- Interior Department -- Iran-Contra affair -- Iraq War (Operation Iraqi Freedom) -- J: -- Jackson, Andrew -- Japanese American internment -- Jefferson, Thomas -- Johnson, Andrew -- Johnson, Lady Bird -- Johnson, Lyndon B -- Johnson, Richard M -- Joint Chiefs of Staff -- Justice Department -- K: -- Kennedy, Jacqueline -- Kennedy, John F -- Kerry, John -- King, William R -- Kitchen cabinet -- Korean War -- L: -- La Follette, Robert M -- Labor Department -- Lame duck -- Landon, Alfred -- Law enforcement powers -- Legislative veto -- Libraries -- Lincoln, Abraham -- Lincoln, Mary Todd -- Line-item veto -- Louisiana Purchase -- M: -- McCain, John -- McCarthy, Eugene J -- McClellan, George B -- McGovern, George S -- McKinley, William -- Madison, Dolley -- Madison, James -- Management and Budget, Office of -- Marshall, Thomas R -- Martial law -- Media and the presidency -- Memorials, presidential -- Mexican-American War of 1846 -- Midterm elections -- Milligan, Ex parte -- Mondale, Walter F -- Monroe, James -- Monroe Doctrine -- Morton, Levi P -- Myers v United States -- N: -- National Archives and Records Administration -- National bank -- National Economic Council -- National Intelligence , Office of the Director of -- National party conventions -- National security adviser -- National Security Council -- Neutrality Proclamation of 1793 -- New Deal -- New Freedom -- New Frontier -- Nixon, Pat -- Nixon, Richard -- O: -- Oath of office -- Obama, Barack -- Obama, Michelle --

List of figures and list of tables -- About the authors -- Preface -- A: -- Adams, Abigail -- Adams, John -- Adams, John Quincy -- Agnew, Spiro T -- Agriculture Department -- Air Force One -- Appointment and removal power (Executive Branch) -- Arthur, Chester A -- Article II -- Assassinations and assaults -- B: -- Background of presidents -- Barkley, Alben W -- Bell, John -- Biden, Joseph Jr -- Blaine, James G -- Blair House -- Breckinridge, John C -- Brownlow Committee -- Bryan, William Jennings -- Buchanan, James -- Buckley v Valeo -- Budget process -- Bureaucracy -- Burr, Aaron -- Bush, Barbara -- Bush, George H W -- Bush, George W -- Bush, Laura -- Bush v Gore -- C: -- Cabinet -- Calhoun, John C -- Camp David -- Campaign debates -- Campaign financing -- Carter, Jimmy -- Carter, Rosalynn -- Central Intelligence Agency -- Cheney, Richard B -- Chief of Staff -- Chief of State -- Civil Service -- Civil War -- Clay, Henry -- Cleveland, Grover -- Clinton v Jones -- Clinton, Bill -- Clinton, George -- Clinton, Hillary Rodham -- Colfax, Schuyler -- Commerce Department -- Commissions, Presidential -- Congress and the presidency -- Congressional caucus (King Caucus) -- Constitutional powers and provisions -- Coolidge, Calvin -- Counsel to the president -- Court-packing plan -- Courts and the president -- Crawford, William Harris -- Curtis, Charles -- D: -- Daily and family life -- Dallas, George M -- Davis, Jefferson -- Dawes, Charles G -- Death of the president -- Debs, Eugene V -- Defense Department -- Delegate selection reforms -- Dewey, Thomas E -- Diplomatic powers -- Disability amendment -- Doctrines, presidential -- Dole, Robert J -- Douglas, Stephen A -- Dukakis, Michael S -- E: -- Economic Advisers, Council of -- Economic powers -- Education Department -- Eisenhower, Dwight D -- Elections and campaigns -- Elections chronology -- Electoral College -- Emancipation Proclamation -- Emergency powers -- Energy Department -- Environmental Protection Agency -- Ethics -- Executive agreements -- Executive office buildings -- Executive office of the president -- Executive orders -- Executive privilege -- F: - Fairbanks, Charles W -- Fair Deal -- Farewell addresses -- Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Federal Election Commission -- Federalist Papers -- Federal Reserve System -- Ferraro, Geraldine A -- Fillmore, Millard -- First hundred days -- First ladies -- Ford, Betty -- Ford, Gerald R -- Former presidents --

P: -- Pardon power -- Party leader -- Patronage -- Perot, Ross H -- Persian Gulf War (Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm) -- Personnel Management, Office of -- Pierce, Franklin -- Political parties -- Polk, James K -- Presidential greatness -- Presidential Medal of Freedom -- Press conferences -- Press Secretary, Presidential -- Primaries and caucuses -- Proclamations and endorsements -- Public opinion and the presidency -- Q: Qualifications of the president and vice president -- Quayle, Dan -- R: -- Reagan, Nancy -- Reagan, Ronald -- Reconstruction -- Religion and the presidency -- Rockefeller, Nelson A -- Roosevelt, Eleanor -- Roosevelt, Franklin D -- Roosevelt, Theodore -- S: -- Salary and perquisites -- Seals of Office -- Secret Service -- Senatorial courtesy -- Separation of powers -- Sherman, James S -- Signing statements -- Smith, Alfred E -- Spanish-American War of 1898 -- Special counsel -- Speeches and rhetoric -- Square Deal -- Staff -- State Department -- State of the Union Address -- Stevenson, Adlai E -- Stevenson, Adlai E, II -- Stewardship theory -- Succession -- Summit meetings -- T: -- Taft, William Howard -- Taylor, Zachary -- Teapot Dome scandal -- Term of office -- Third parties -- Thurmond, J Strom -- Tilden, Samuel J -- Titles of the president and vice president -- Tompkins, Daniel D -- Trade policy -- Trade Representative, Office of the U S -- Transition period -- Transportation Department -- Travel -- Treasury Department -- Treaty power -- Truman, Harry S -- Tyler, John -- U: -- Unitary executive theory -- United Nations -- United States v Curtiss-Wright Export Corp -- United States v Nixon -- V: -- Van Buren, Martin -- Veterans Affairs Department -- Veto power -- Vice president -- Vice-presidential residence -- Vietnam War -- W: -- Wallace, George C -- Wallace, Henry A -- War in Afghanistan -- War of 1812 -- War on terrorism -- War powers -- War Powers Act of 1973 -- Washington, George -- Washington, Martha -- Watergate affair -- Weaver, James B -- Wheeler, William A -- Whiskey Rebellion -- Whiskey ring scandal -- White House -- Willkie, Wendell L -- Wilson, Edith -- Wilson, Henry -- Wilson, Woodrow -- World War I -- World War II -- Y: -- Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co v Sawyer -- Z: -- Zapruder film -- Reference material: -- U S Presidents and Vice Presidents, 1789-2012 -- Backgrounds of U S Presidents, 1789-2012 -- Summary of Presidential Elections, 1789-2008 -- Party affiliations in Congress and the Presidency, 1789-2013 -- Presidential Cabinets, 1789-2012 -- U S Government Organizational Chart -- Government resources on the Web -- Constitution of the United States -- Selected bibliography -- Index.